Ep06 - Algorithms Aren’t Neutral: Safiya Noble on AI, Bias, and Building Public‑Interest Technology

Generative AI is reshaping classrooms and campuses, but with whose values, and at what cost? In this episode, Safiya Umoja Noble, author of Algorithms of Oppression and founder of the UCLA Center on Resilience and Digital Justice, joins Sarah and Taiyo to unpack why “neutral” AI isn’t neutral, why interdisciplinarity is hard but essential, and what a public‑interest technology ecosystem in higher ed could look like.

My Robot Teacher is hosted by Sarah Senk and Taiyo Inoue, sponsored by the California Education Learning Lab, and produced by editaudio. Video Editing by Starline Hodge, Audio Editing by Megan Hayward, and our Production Manager is Kathleen Speckert.

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Tags/ Keywords: Safiya Noble, Algorithms of Oppression, AI, ChatGPT, algorithmic bias, California State University, CSU, future of learning, public interest technology, human-centered AI, Sarah Senk, Taiyo Inoue, Cal Poly Maritime Academy, California Education Learning Lab, My Robot Teacher, editaudio